/**
 * @class   wosh::database::EncoderXML_base
 * @brief   
 * 
 ****************************************************************************
 * @class   wosh::database::EncoderXML_template
 * @brief   
 * 
 * 
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 * @version $Id: SerializableXML.h 1968 2010-02-27 05:52:38Z alex $
 * @author  Alessandro Polo
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#ifndef __WOSH_SerializationXML_H__
 #define __WOSH_SerializationXML_H__

 #include <woshDefs.h>
 #include <core/Serialization.h>

 #include <QtXml>


namespace wosh {
 namespace database {


class EncoderXML_base {
	public:
		virtual ISerializable* allocObject() = 0;
	
		virtual WRESULT serializeTo( const ISerializable* object, QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement& contNode, bool compact ) = 0;
		virtual WRESULT deserializeFrom( ISerializable* object, const QDomElement& contNode ) = 0;

	public:
		virtual ~EncoderXML_base() { }

};




template <class T>
class EncoderXML_template : public EncoderXML_base  {
	public:

		virtual WRESULT serializeTo( const T* object, QDomDocument& doc, QDomElement& contNode, bool compact ) = 0;
		virtual WRESULT deserializeFrom( T* object, const QDomElement& contNode ) = 0;

	public:
		virtual ~EncoderXML_template() { }
		EncoderXML_template() : EncoderXML_base() { }

};

 }; // namespace database
}; // namespace wosh

#endif //__WOSH_SerializationXML_H__
